REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice.

The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...

These days, REST APIs are available to integrate your application or website with thousands of platforms — Web 2.0 properties such as Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare, as well as old-school ...

REST APIs. REST (REpresentative State Transfer) is an architectural style that Roy Fielding introduced in 2000 that’s largely driven the API economy. REST APIs call resources and allow software ...

While SOAP-based web services form the backbone of most legacy web service implementations, RESTful APIs have become the de facto standard for cloud-native microservices development. In this ...

GUEST OPINION: With interest in microservices growing by the day, IT teams are focusing on the role played by application programming interfaces. At its heart, a microservices strategy involves ...

RESTful APIs can also be used for performing other actions on resources. I was challenged with this recently when explaining the concepts of a layered API architecture ...